Hangman's noose suspended above the trapdoor of the gallows in Changi Gaol where convicted ...

Accession Number P04279.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Leemon, Jack Holder
Place made Singapore: Changi
Date made 1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Hangman's noose suspended above the trapdoor of the gallows in Changi Gaol where convicted Japanese war criminals were executed by hanging. The noose is not a traditional hangman's knot but a slip knot and the three circles painted on the trapdoor indicate the positions taken by the condemned during multiple executions.

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